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Delhi
This city is the setting of the story.
The Mughal Empire
This Turco-Mongolian group was in power in India when the British arrived at the beginning of the 1600's.
The British East India Company
This commercial enterprise established paramilitary rule over India in the late 1700's and early 1800's.
The British Indian Government
This foreign-installed government ruled India from the mid-1800's until 1947.
The Wahabi Conspiracy
This is the name the British government gave to a movement among Muslim scholars who wished to end British rule of India; it resulted in the execution and imprisonment of many Muslim scholars.
Angaray (Burning Coals)
This is a collection of stories written in Urdu that Ahmed Ali contributed to in 1932.
The Ghadar of 1857
This event included the British massacre of Indian citizens of Delhi and the banishment of all Muslims from the city for five years.
The Partition of India and Pakistan
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